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Q Ans Q Ans Q Ans Q Ans Q Ans
no. no. no. no. no.

1. B 11. E 21. B 31. D 41. B

2. E 12. C 22. C 32. C 42. A

3. B 13. D 23. B 33. E 43. C

4. C 14. B 24. C 34. D 44. E

5. C 15. C 25. C 35. B 45. A

6. C 16. A 26. A 36. C 46. D

7. B 17 C 27. D 37. A 47. B

8. A 18. D 28. B 38. C 48. C

9. A 19. A 29. D 39. D 49. C

10. A 20. A 30. E 40. D 50. D

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 Explanations
1. Poka yoke, an error-proofing method.
It is a Japanese word means mistake-
proofing of equipment or processes to
make them safe and reliable.
2. All the statements are correct as per
the given passage.
3. Evacuate – to leave, Expel; other
options are antonyms of evacuate
4. Both a) and b) are the correct usage of
the word lapse.
5. The passage explains causes of flight
accidents.
6. Beside – Beside is used when one is
comparing something, or it means ‘next
to’.
In I statement Replace Besides with
Beside. Besides – It is used when
something is added as extra information
In III statement Beside is replaces with
Besides
7. Beneath – It means to hide or cover,
or consider lower than himself.
In I statement instead of beneath under
is used when the object is three
dimensional under is used.
8. Foray – attack
Persuade – influence, tempt
9. Valiantly - with courage or
determination
10. Answer – A
Replace’ its’ with ‘their’
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Although some countries have been
blocking the entrance of Chinese
payments into their financial system, the
widespread use of these payment
platforms piggybacking on Chinese
tourists and trade might force such
reluctant doors open.
11. No error
12. Replace ‘is’ with ‘would have been’
13. replace ‘crawling’ with ‘crawled’
Banks hold more capital, regulation is
more sound and the world would appear
to have crawled out of what economists
had begun to call secular stagnation.
14. Replace ‘irreparably’ with
‘irreparable’
When emotions get triggered, our first
response is to act on impulse; we find it
difficult to exercise control over these
impulses, causing irreparable damage to
relationships
15. Replace ‘for’ by ‘to’
16. The logical and meaningful passage
is - “The world is awash in liquidity
created to combat recession and its
movement across borders in response to
a spike in geopolitical tension, rise in
interest rates in the US or a currency
plunge like that of the Turkish lira
makes exchange rates volatile. Trade
wars and departures from a rules-based
world order, such as America’s
whimsical exit from the Iran nuclear
deal or torrid romance with North
Korea, exacerbate uncertainty.”
17. The logical and meaningful passage
is – “There were allegations that both
Sarveswara Rao and Soma owned some
benami quarries at Godda in
Hukumpeta Mandal and at Araku and
there were a lot of issues with the
Girijans, who were demanding the
closure of the mines as they were
contaminating water sources. The
Girijans had been in the agitation mode
for the past three months and the
Maoists had openly warned the duo.”
18. The logical and meaningful passage
is – “Unfortunate nations have heard
such rhetoric before, from regimes
which present a minority as the foe
within, which must be eliminated.
Politically, The challenge is to neutralise
the most powerful taboo, against the
taking of human life, by constructing the
minority as less than human.
Conveniently, vermin do not have
human rights. A consensus for their
elimination can be developed with an
easy conscience.”
19. The logical and meaningful passage
is – “Aruna had come to live with her on
her own volition on August 13, the
petitioner said. The petitioner also
pointed out that Aruna’s father had then
lodged a complaint with the police
alleging that his daughter was missing.
She was later produced before the
Neyyattinaka Judicial First Class
Magistrate who set her at liberty.
However, while Aruna was coming out
of the court, her father and his
associates had forcibly taken her away.”
20. The logical and meaningful passage
is – “There was a time when the voices
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of both Pakistan and India mattered on
the world stage. Pakistan was a key
member of the Western alliance system
in Asia. Islamabad rightly saw itself as a
pragmatic Islamic nation capable of
exercising influence in the Middle East
and acting as a bridge between America
and China, which did not have
diplomatic relations with each other.”
21. Actionable and offence are the best
fit.
22. Backing and who are the best fit.
Backing means support
23. Involve and obligations
24. Dwelling - house; and cause
25. Rapidly and ultimately fits in the
sentence
26. I. SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space
transportation company, has announced
that its first private passenger on a
voyage around the moon will be
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa,
the founder and chief executive of
online fashion retailer Zozo.
27. II. A former drummer in a punk
band, Maezawa is tentatively planning
to make his moon flight in 2023 aboard
SpaceX’s forthcoming Big Falcon Rocket
spaceship, taking the race to
commercialise space travel to new
heights.
28. III. Only 24 astronauts have flown
beyond earth’s protective magnetic
shield, in missions spanning a four-year
period from December 1968 to
December 1972.
29. IV. Mr. Maezawa’s name was
revealed at an event recently at the
company’s headquarters and rocket
factory in the Los Angeles suburb of
Hawthorne.
30. V. Most famous outside Japan for
his record-breaking $110-million
purchase of an untitled 1982 Jean-
Michel Basquiat painting, Mr. Maezawa
said he would invite six-to-eight artists
to join him on the lunar fly-by
31. BACD - A controversial idea in the
July white paper is for a hybrid
arrangement, with Britain staying in the
common market only for trade in goods
and agriculture, and without the
obligations of free movement of people.
32. EACD - With elections to the
European Parliament due next May, the
leaders are keen that the anti-EU parties
see the economic and political perils of
quitting the bloc. Brexit uncertainty will
linger, meanwhile.
33. None of these
34. DAEC - A just code is one in which
universal principles of equality, non-
discrimination and avoidance of taboos
and social assumptions are applicable in
equal measure within every
community’s set of laws.
35. B-D; Sustaining progress in human
development is not possible without
addressing environmental degradation
and climate change
36. C-E; Exporters have outstanding
input tax credits worth a few thousand
crore rupees yet to be refunded
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37. C-E; The Supreme Court has stayed
bankruptcy proceedings set to be
initiated against power producers and
others
38. B-F; They have to roll up their
sleeves and ensure that implementation
is loyal to the spirit and vision of the
policies
39. A-E The good news is that access to
such health insurance schemes appears
to have reduced health costs for the
poorest quintile (or bottom 20%)
significantly
40. B-D; Latency, in computing jargon,
is the gap between instruction and
commencement of communication
41. Ans – B
Default - failure to fulfil an obligation,
especially to repay a loan or appear in a
law court.
42. Ans- A
Beyond
43. Ans – C
Scrips - a provisional certificate of
money subscribed to a bank or
company, entitling the holder to a
formal certificate and dividends.
44. Ans – E
45. Ans – A
Optimism - hopefulness and confidence
about the future or the success of
something.
46. Ans – D
here talking two things and since both is
best suited option.
47. Ans – sell off 49. Ans – C
a sale of assets, typically at a low price, Catch up - succeed in reaching a person
carried out in order to dispose of them. who is ahead of one.
48. Ans – C 50. Ans – D
posed.

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